republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-308.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Property tax revenue allocations: state-assessed property."
description: "(1) The California Constitution requires the State Board of Equalization to assess the property, other than franchises, of companies transmitting or selling gas or electricity. Existing property tax law provides for the valuation, as a unit, of properties of a state assessee that are operated as a unit as a primary function of that assessee, and for the allocation of the assessed value of the unit among various counties in which the state‑assessee's unitary property is located. Existing law also provides, pursuant to specified formulas, for the application in each county of specified tax rates to unitary assessed value, and for the allocation among jurisdictions in that county of the resulting revenues."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 308"
citation: "California AB 308 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Property tax revenue allocations: state-assessed property."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cook"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 39
vote_count: 13
first_action: "2009-02-17"
last_action: "2010-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a45af28-5b7c-4cc1-b00e-43d16d690367"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB308"
source_hash: "dfd5f23ec13d919f858415623e5ce75ab18d2436a52941fc76407ac23e6e4e1c"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 308 (20092010) — Property tax revenue allocations: state-assessed property.

(1) The California Constitution requires the State Board of Equalization to assess the property, other than franchises, of companies transmitting or selling gas or electricity. Existing property tax law provides for the valuation, as a unit, of properties of a state assessee that are operated as a unit as a primary function of that assessee, and for the allocation of the assessed value of the unit among various counties in which the state‑assessee's unitary property is located. Existing law also provides, pursuant to specified formulas, for the application in each county of specified tax rates to unitary assessed value, and for the allocation among jurisdictions in that county of the resulting revenues.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/17/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB308&version=20090AB30899INT)
2. **05/11/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB308&version=20090AB30898AMD)
3. **06/09/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB308&version=20090AB30897AMD)
4. **06/23/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB308&version=20090AB30896AMD)
5. **08/19/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB308&version=20090AB30895AMD)
6. **09/29/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB308&version=20090AB30893CHP)
7. **AB308** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB308)
8. **09/08/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB308&version=20090AB30894ENR)

## Votes

- Be referred to Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB308 Cook Urgency Clause — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 308 COOK Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Senate amendments be concurred in. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Senate amendments be concurred in. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 308 COOK Concurrence- Urgency Added — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cook — primary (person)
- Carter — author (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2009-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2009-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2009-03-04** Referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-01** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 31). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-04-30** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 29). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-05-04** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-05-11** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. (Page 1354.). `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-05-14** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1440.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-05-14** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2009-05-21** Referred to Com. on E., R., & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-16** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-06-29** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2009-08-27** In committee: Held under submission.
- **2010-06-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2010-06-09** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2010-06-09** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-10** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2010-06-30** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-08-02** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2010-08-09** In committee: Placed on APPR suspense file.
- **2010-08-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-08-16** Received August 13 pursuant to JR 61(b)(14).
- **2010-08-17** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-19** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-20** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-23** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4791.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-23** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2010-08-24** Re-referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and APPR. pursuant to Asssembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2010-08-24** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 6608.)
- **2010-08-25** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 6691.)
- **2010-08-25** From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (August 25). `committee-passage`
- **2010-08-26** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 6732.)
- **2010-08-26** From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (August 26). `committee-passage`
- **2010-08-27** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 6792.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-08-27** (Corrected September 9.)
- **2010-09-13** Enrolled and to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **2010-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2010-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 433, Statutes of 2010.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3a45af28-5b7c-4cc1-b00e-43d16d690367`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).